If you’re looking for
A board member with strong clinical and business experience
If you’re looking for
A fractional chief medical officer with extensive value-based care model experience
Richard Feifer, MD, MPH
Empowering Healthcare Organizations to Thrive in an Ever-Changing Environment
Dr. Rich Feifer is a seasoned physician executive with broad healthcare industry experience, known for helping organizations reach their full potential through strategic leadership and a deep understanding of value-based payment models, population health management, and technology-driven healthcare transformation.
Whether advising the C-suite, enhancing board oversight, or guiding clinical transformation, Dr. Feifer brings a rare combination of medical expertise and business acumen. linkedin.com/in/richard-feifer
Experience
Chief Medical Officer at InnovAge, Genesis, & LTC ACO
President of $70m geriatric practice group – GPS
National Accounts CMO at Aetna
Clinical program start-ups & innovation
Board Member – ACHC & IBI
Advisor to investors and portfolio companies
As a Board Member
Business-oriented medical perspective on governance and oversight
Goal-driven business perspective on clinical strategy and performance
Committee Chair
Clinical Strategy & Performance Improvement
Industry Thought Leadership
Business Development
About Richard A. Feifer MD, MPH, FACP
As a physician executive with broad healthcare industry experience, Dr. Rich Feifer helps organizations achieve their fullest potential in an ever-changing environment. Equally comfortable as a healthcare business leader and as a clinical leader, areas of expertise include population health management, value-based payment models, clinical analytics, technology driven healthcare transformation, and inter-professional provider engagement strategies. Dr. Feifer brings a rare combination of medical expertise and business acumen.
Dr. Feifer has dedicated his career to improving the quality and efficiency of healthcare and the health of populations served. His focus involves helping providers and innovators succeed within value-based payment models, achieving the Quadruple Aim, through better leveraging of data and technology.
As a board member, senior advisor, and fractional chief medical officer, Dr. Feifer currently supports early and growth stage organizations, and their investors, as they navigate the healthcare system.
Dr. Feifer previously served as chief medical officer at InnovAge, a multi-state provider of PACE programs, serving frail dual-eligible seniors by delivering comprehensive patient-centric care, enabling them to age independently for as long as possible. At InnovAge, he had direct responsibility for all medical, nursing, behavioral health, dental, in-home, and pharmacy services, in addition to population health, risk adjustment, and clinical quality.
Prior to joining InnovAge, he was executive vice president at Genesis HealthCare, one of the nation’s largest skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and long-term care providers. While at Genesis, Dr. Feifer served as president of Genesis Physician Services, a $70m subsidiary, as well as chief medical officer of the Genesis HealthCare Accountable Care Organization (LTC ACO), the first national ACO focused on nursing home patients. During his time at Genesis, Dr. Feifer also led the fight against COVID, both internally and across the healthcare industry, with significant media and government relations responsibility.
Before Genesis, Dr. Feifer was Aetna’s chief medical officer of National Accounts. He led Clinical Consulting, Strategy, and Analysis, which helped our nation’s largest employers improve the health and productivity of their members. He also previously served as vice president of Clinical Program Innovation and Evaluation at Medco, where he was responsible for the organization’s portfolio of care enhancement programs.
Dr. Feifer’s experience extends to various boards and committees, providing strategic and fiduciary leadership. He currently is a director at the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, one of the largest healthcare accreditors.
A graduate of Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Dr. Feifer is a board-certified internist with experience in population health, primary care, geriatrics, and urgent care medicine at the Fallon Clinic. He received his MPH in Health Services Management from Columbia University, and is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Connecticut.